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Last edited Tue Feb 24, 2026, 03:26 PM - Edit history (2)
"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,832 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,631 posts)Ritabert
(2,832 posts)LisaM
(29,711 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,227 posts)What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff... Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanos. The dead rising from the grave. Dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!
Ritabert
(2,832 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,631 posts)anciano
(2,351 posts)Jim__
(15,320 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,752 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)The story was set on a fictional New England island, but filmed in Mendocino and Fort Bragg in Northern California. Early morning scenes with the sun rising in the Atlantic had to be shot in the late afternoon with the sun setting in the Pacific.
Emergency! Everybody to get from street!
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,615 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,329 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,946 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)That line wasn't in Animal House. Good guess, though!

Another hint: "It tastes like the back of a fucking L.A. school bus."
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Ned Ryerson
"You wanna throw up here, or you wanna throw up in the car?"
(One of my all-time favorite movies....I've probably watched it 20 times)
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)jgo
(1,040 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,860 posts)jgo
(1,040 posts)The full quote may help-
"Some people call this hell, but you're still in Oklahoma Territory... Save your breath. I don't know who hung you or why, but if you're innocent, the judge will set you free. And if you're not, we'll have to take the trouble to hanging you again."
Wounded Bear
(64,860 posts)jgo
(1,040 posts)Historic NY
(40,215 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)Figarosmom
(14,826 posts)DFW
(60,840 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(14,826 posts)DFW
(60,840 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(14,826 posts)When he's in jail for the murder of Richard Crenna and he realizes Kathleen Turner didn't die in the boathouse explosion and had set him up from before even meeting him.
CTyankee
(68,604 posts)Figarosmom
(14,826 posts)boonecreek
(1,565 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,317 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,840 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,500 posts)DFW
(60,840 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,329 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,200 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,200 posts)Shermann
(9,075 posts)Niagara
(12,429 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Niagara
(12,429 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,917 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Niagara
(12,429 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,360 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,946 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,448 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Angleae
(4,828 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)catbyte
(39,475 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,615 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(503 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,296 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,329 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,878 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,878 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,329 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,319 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,329 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,500 posts)pdxflyboy
(966 posts)n/t
Tbear
(757 posts)Tbear
(757 posts)The line is fromJimmer as he woke while his buddies were trying to get him to fart to jolt Jeff Daniels (the Buckless Yooper) out of his stupor.
Greatest fart scene ever from a fine movie depicting life in a UP deer camp.
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)I recently read Bob Woodward's book about Deep Throat, "The Secret Man," and Mark Felt never actually said, "follow the money."
(But they stuck the line in the movie anyway)
Harker
(18,329 posts)Angleae
(4,828 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,754 posts)._.
(1,913 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,922 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,922 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)John Wayne
James Stewart
Lee Marvin
Vera Miles
John Carradine
Lee Van Cleef
Andy Devine
Woody Strode
Strother Martin
Denver Pyle
John Qualen
Vera Miles is still living, almost 96. John Qualen was in Casablanca and in a very memorable role; Muley in The Grapes of Wrath.
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
LSparkle
(12,256 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)LSparkle
(12,256 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,329 posts)the first with Inge Sargent, Austrian former Burmese princess. Very interesting woman. My second year teacher was a dead ringer for the magician on the "Agents of Fortune" record sleeve. I brought my copy in one day, and everyone saw the resemblance but him.
My in-laws are German citizens, born in Germany in the 30s, green card holders since the late 50s.
I'm less accomplished than I ought to be, but I get by.
Swear words are a good thing to know.
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)My grandpa was from coastal Germany near the Dutch border. He could speak both German and Frisian. My fraternal people were from Switzerland/Germany in the early 1830s. I have a smattering of English/Scottish, but I'm about 95% Germanic.
Harker
(18,329 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,329 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,329 posts)Pretty quiet, and an all around nice guy.
Between the Universities and the plethora of scientific labs, governmental agencies, etc. Boulder was packed with a lot of smart, creative people. I was very fortunate to be friendly with many, and friends with some.
Harker
(18,329 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,329 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)were The Fortune Cookie with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, their first pairing. Another was One, Two, Three with James Cagney, an absolute madcap comedy.
Harker
(18,329 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,247 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,422 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,147 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,147 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,147 posts)Cloudhopper
(198 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,147 posts)Cloudhopper
(198 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,946 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,247 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,946 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,604 posts)CTyankee
(68,604 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)CTyankee
(68,604 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,604 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,573 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,574 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)There's a rumor that Captain America (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) were based on Roger Mcguinn and David Crosby respectively.
Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)But I cant visualize George participating in football.

Dennis Hopper totally nailed David Crosby, but the jury is is still out on the Fonda/Mcguinn connection.
FM123
(10,390 posts)progressoid
(53,578 posts)Such a funny line! So MANY funny lines from Galaxy Quest!
Cloudhopper
(198 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,329 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Harker
(18,329 posts)Not sure how I missed it before.
Janbdwl72
(309 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,329 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Angleae
(4,828 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,329 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,329 posts)tikka
(853 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,779 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,779 posts)I just cant and well talk again when you totally give up. It was a classic. 1999. And thats all Im giving ya.
sammythecat
(3,602 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)I agree, "friendo" is pretty distinct to this film. I figured that'd be the clue that gives it away.
I've used "friendo" a few times in the wild, I like it!
Harker
(18,329 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,329 posts)oasis
(54,363 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)oasis
(54,363 posts)Janbdwl72
(309 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,329 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,175 posts)The Wizard
(13,946 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)lpbk2713
(43,319 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,329 posts)lpbk2713
(43,319 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,329 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Same character, same movie
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)CanonRay
(16,316 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)CanonRay
(16,316 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)a kennedy
(36,779 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.
Harker
(18,329 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Same character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)efhmc
(17,303 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)I feel as big as a damn mountain."
Harker
(18,329 posts)Is it "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?
I read the novel in 75, then watched the film in early January 1976 while I was a freshman at college.
Harker
(18,329 posts)1973. His quiet enthusiasm was contagious, and I'd bet that he made a very fine teacher.
A bookshop owner for whom I worked as an adult had been college roommates with Brad Dourif.
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)it netted $163m. One of three films in history that received the big five; Best Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, and Adapted Screenplay. The others were It Happened One Night 1934 and The Silence of the Lambs 1991.
Harker
(18,329 posts)I very much enjoyed "Double Indemnity" again, nudged by you toward a closer look at Billy Wilder.
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)I quote it in my signature line
VGNonly
(8,609 posts)"I'm too young to be a beatnik, too old to be a hippie".
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)"Why you gotta mess with the clubs?"
Harker
(18,329 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,642 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)progressoid
(53,578 posts)Harker
(18,329 posts)The only line spoken in this movie.
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)Ironically spoken by Marcel Marceau
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2026, 02:53 PM - Edit history (1)
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)and if you prefer, although there's no point to it, it puts bones in fish."
Harker
(18,329 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)and an out-of-work bum look a lot a like".
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)VGNonly
(8,609 posts)your lean, mean and not so far in between ".
JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,752 posts)Skittles
(173,666 posts)JoseBalow
(9,925 posts)red dog 1
(33,760 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,255 posts)LOVE that movie!
red dog 1
(33,760 posts)(Director Roger De Bris in a dress asks) "And what do you think, Mr. Bloom?'
(Leo Bloom answers) "Where do you keep your wallet?"